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About the Community of Readers
- Leatherby Libraries Community of Readers
- Established in 2007 by the Leatherby Libraries, the Community of Readers is the summer reading program for Chapman University. This program is open to everyone who has borrowing privileges at the Leatherby Libraries and a current library account, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Members select books from the Leatherby Libraries and receive prizes upon submission of their first review. The only requirement is that books must be obtained through the Leatherby Libraries.
Friday, August 18, 2017
Music, Sound and Silence in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rules of Civility
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Lab Girl
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The Year of Magical Thinking
Title | The Year of Magical Thinking |
Author | Joan Didion |
Call Number | PS3554.I33 Z63 2005 |
Location | 2nd Floor Humanities |
Rating | Recommended |
Book Review | Didion tackles the death of her husband of nearly 40 years and the ensuing grief. This is obviously not a breezy read, but anyone who's lost a significant person in their life will feel the familiar weight Didion describes. |
Submitted By | Robyne Kelly |
Department or Major | Food Science/ SCST |
Status | Staff |
Chapman Email | rokelly@chapman.edu |
Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness & Well-being
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Gilead
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Small data : the tiny clues that uncover huge trends
Title | Small data : the tiny clues that uncover huge trends |
Author | Martin Lindstrom |
Call Number | HF5415.32 .L5576 2016 |
Location | 3rd Floor Business and Economics |
Rating | Not Recommended |
Book Review | This may be the worst book I’ve ever read. The premise sounds very promising; using ethnographic approaches to discovering the needs of communities and using that info to shape business strategies. As it turns out, the author has missed an important principle about doing ethnographic research: stereotyping and essentialism must be absolutely avoided. Instead, the author details his method of spending some short amount of time with a small segment of a population, picking up on whatever meaningless details happen to capture his attention, and then creating ideas that supposedly reflect all of the people of that cultural group. It’s an offensive and misguided strategy. Furthermore, as a librarian I can’t abide his reliance on non-scholarly sources in the few instances when he bothered to read existing literature at all. For instance, he seems to put a lot of weight on an article published on a blog that showed what emojis are most used in different countries. According to this author, the fact that people in Saudi Arabia often use water or plant-based emojis somehow ties into a fear of fire and a desire for water. So yeah, it’s not a good book. |
Submitted By | Taylor Greene |
Department or Major | Leatherby Libraries |
Status | Staff |
Chapman Email | tgreene@chapman.edu |
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories
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A Place Where Sunflowers Grow
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The Jungle
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
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A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future
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The Artist's Way at Work: Riding the Dragon
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John Adams
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Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Hallelujah Anyway-Rediscovering Mercy
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Lab Girl
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Thursday, August 10, 2017
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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Monday, August 7, 2017
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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How schools counter bullying
Title | How schools counter bullying |
Author | Ken Rigby |
Call Number | LB3013.34.A8 R54 2010 |
Location | 3rd Floor Education |
Rating | Recommended |
Book Review | This book is for schools and teachers. I picked it up interested to see if I could read any tips on how to deal with bullying if I saw it in my own dealings. This book lists policies, rules and writings on the bullying situations. It also offers great ways to work with people on how to resolve and prevent bullying. It's written like a textbook but does hold useful information for sure! |
Submitted By | Jami McCoy |
Department or Major | Advancement |
Status | Staff |
Chapman Email | jmccoy@chapman.edu |
The six-figure woman, and how to be one
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The Waters of Eternal Youth
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Friday, August 4, 2017
Summer
Title | Summer |
Author | Edith Wharton |
Call Number | PS3545.H16 S86 1998 |
Location | 2nd Floor Humanities |
Rating | Recommended |
Book Review | Each year, my book group reads a “100 years ago” book, meaning a book published – surprise! – 100 years ago. This year we chose “Summer” by Edith Wharton. This is one of her two New England tales, set in suffocating small towns. Her two main characters here make peace with that, eventually, in a realistic, if not rosy, way. The character of Charity is fascinating and complicated. She brooks no nonsense and dives into an affair even as she is aware of its potential consequences. Wharton’s frank writing shocked readers of the day, understandably. Do not be fooled by the romantic cover illustrations on most editions. There’s a lot brooding under those frilly frocks. |
Submitted By | Dawn Bonker |
Department or Major | SMC |
Status | Staff |
Chapman Email | bonker@chapman.edu |
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Citizen Hughes
Title | Citizen Hughes |
Author | Michael Drosnin |
Location | 2nd Floor Humanities, CT275.H6678 D74 2004 |
Rating | Somewhat Recommended |
Book Review | I wanted to know more about Howard Hughes the American Icon, and chose this book because it has reviews of representing the truth throughout. This was a very tedious read but it really gave a full picture of HH. The book is based upon his own memos and letters written (he rarely used a telephone or spoke to anyone directly) over 30-40 years. All these memos were then stolen in 1974. This book subsequently drew on all these memos (many trunks full), and many of them are featured in the book. I won’t reveal any secrets by saying he was a billionaire who was a profoundly mentally ill recluse and a heavy drug user who tried (sometimes very successfully) to buy many, many politicians, the city of Las Vegas, the state of Nevada and the United States. |
Submitted By | Linda Corcoran |
Department or Major | Anderson Center |
Status | Staff |
Chapman Email | greeley@chapman.edu |
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Cress Delahanty
Title | Cress Delahanty |
Author | Jessamyn West |
Call Number | PS3545.E8315 C29 1953 |
Location | 2nd Floor Humanities |
Rating | Highly Recommended |
Book Review | As a longtime Jessamyn West fan, I was happy to revisit this old favorite when a friend raved about it upon discovering it for the first time. West imbues everything she writes with a wonderful sense of place and here she is deep in old north Orange County, where I grew up, albeit long after the period of this book. What I hadn’t recalled, though, was that this book is actually a series of short stories. They’re connected, but each stands alone. Together they tell the bigger coming-of-age story of a young girl. I think this has been marketed as a young adult title, but I’m not sure teens would be smitten. It’s a reflective voice. |
Submitted By | Dawn Bonker |
Department or Major | SMC |
Status | Staff |
Chapman Email | bonker@chapman.edu |
Uppity Women of Ancient Times
Title | Uppity Women of Ancient Times |
Author | Vicki León |
Call Number | HQ1127 .L46 |
Location | 2nd Floor Social Sciences |
Rating | Not Recommended |
Book Review | While this both sounded fun and checked off some challenge requirements, it was a disappointment. The writing made these woman seem like fictional cartoons. I passed it on to my daughter, who loves this sort of read, and I'm curious to hear what she thinks. |
Submitted By | Robin Pendergraft |
Department or Major | SCST |
Status | Staff |
Chapman Email | pendergr@chapman.edu |
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